Dr. Mir Ishfaq Nazir is currently working as Assistant Professor at Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, India and before joining this University, he worked at Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology at ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India from 2015-2018. He did his Masters in Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology at ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India from 2013-2015. He completed his Graduation in Bachelor of Fisheries Science in College of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir from 2009-2013, where he has been awarded as Gold medalist of Bechlors degree (B.F.Sc) for the batch 2009-2013. He has research experience in fish larval nutrition, and his research interest focuses on the different strategies for the development of larval fish feeds. Besides, he is working on the nutrigenomic responses of the important additives for improved growth, reproduction, and survival of commercially important fish species. For example, in his ongoing project, different herbal additives are being evaluated as the replacers of commercial additives such as choline in species like shrimps. Furthermore, he has a keen interest in the field of bioinformatics and molecular docking for the identification of the important or key markers or ligands for efficient nutrient utilization and performance of fishes
Larval Nutrition; Feed Formulation; Nutrigenomics; Feed additives